Australian writer-director Natalie Erika James hitches eating disorders and corporeal revulsion to the East Asian cultural ...

Fast weight-loss methods have never been easier or more readily available, but they come at a cost - and for the young, ...

There is no magic weight loss pill. Or is there? In the era of Ozempic and other weight loss drugs, there has been a resurgence in the conversation around thinness as the ultimate achievement. Almost ...

Saccharine (2026) won't find an audience with everyone, but for those who see themselves, they'll feel anger, shame, and ...

Japanese-Australian filmmaker Natalie Erika James returns to the themes of female identity and family trauma she explored in ...

Saccharine has a fantastic premise and very strong effects but the final product is a bit uneven, suffering from a script that is bloated and unfocused.

Natalie Erika James‘ new film “Saccharine” opens with a shot of a jelly donut getting devoured, and then the footage is spun in reverse, with the bloody-looking goo getting sucked back into the donut.

“Saccharine,” the latest film from “Relic” director Natalie Erika James, is a deceptively brutal and unsparing experience. It’s a gruesome, tragic film about a woman who, in an attempt to quickly lose ...

Midori Francis knew from the moment she read the script for "Saccharine" that she had to do it, even if it meant enduring brain freeze from chugging an entire slushy on camera. The horror film, which ...

Imagine the thing you are most insecure about, the thing that you'd do anything to change. Now imagine if someone offered you a magical pill that could fix this problem. Would you be able to say no?

With a hungry ghost and a series of crippling self-esteem issues in tow, Saccharine leaves a lot for audiences to stomach. Six years after making her feature directorial debut at Sundance with Relic ...